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Exactly a year ago, Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski made a major promise to deliver on Network Neutrality. We're still waiting.

What does real Network Neutrality look like?

Here's where the real fight begins.

Does Network neutrality mean the days of all-you-can-eat, flat-rate Internet access are probably over?

Rep Ed Markey (D-MA), co-author of the Internet Freedom Preservation Act (HR 3458), legislation that would establish national broadband policy and ensure an open and consumer-oriented Internet, praised Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski's announcement of a plan to establish new rules setting forth a national net neutrality policy.

Sen Jay Rockefeller (D-WV), Chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, a statement on the Federal Communications Commission's intention to issue a notice of proposed rulemaking on net neutrality regulations.

Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) applauded Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski and the FCC for undertaking a rulemaking process to preserve openness and competition on the Internet.

On Monday, President Barack Obama spoke out in support of new Network Neutrality rules proposed by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski.

It is hard to argue with the attractiveness of a "free and open Internet," as described Monday by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski. But the Internet isn't free to build.

The new chairman of the Federal Communications Commission picked his first official fight Monday, and it's a doozy.

While the debate over keeping the Internet open and accessible to all is far from over, the FCC has put its energy and that of the Obama administration on the side of consumers, in the most important decision so far for the young administration about this vital new medium.

Net Neutrality is a complicated-sounding term for something very simple. The companies that carry your Internet traffic shouldn't be allowed to play favorites.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski's proposed effort to codify and expand network openness principles does not supplant congressional efforts to do the same, said Rep Ed Markey (D-MA).

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski said wireless phone operators should not be able to discriminate against any Internet applications or content and would have to make management practices for Web traffic transparent.

Various industry groups and companies were quick to weigh in Monday on FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski's proposal to expand and codify FCC Internet openness principles.

Some Republican lawmakers and FCC Commissioners moved swiftly Monday to try and block Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski's proposal that the FCC adopt new Network Neutrality rules.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski outlined the actions he believes the FCC must take to preserve the free and open Internet.

Apparently, the Federal Communications Commission's proposal of new rules to prevent companies such as AT&T, Verizon and Comcast from deliberately blocking or slowing certain Web traffic is expected to advance with three votes out of the five-member agency.

In a move to make good on one of President Obama's campaign promises, Julius Genachowski, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, will propose Monday that the agency expand and formalize rules meant to keep Internet providers from discriminating against certain content flowing over their networks.